Music Box Films Takes U.S. For ‘Ennio’, Giuseppe Tornatore’s Documentary Tribute To Composer Ennio Morricone
09.11.2023 - 14:07
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EXCLUSIVE: Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary Ennio, paying tribute to the late, revered film composer Ennio Morricone.
Morricone scored a number of Tornatore’s films, beginning with his 1988 Oscar-winning Classic Cinema Paradiso.
For Ennio, the director turned the camera on his beloved collaborator to make a moving portrait of the composer featuring testimonies from artists and directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Giuliano Montaldo, Dario Argento, Clint Eastwood, Joan Baez, Quentin Tarantino and more.
Music Box Films will release the film in New York at the Film Forum on February 9, 2024, with a national expansion and home entertainment release to follow.
Prior to that, there will also be a special screening in New York on December 2 as part of the Museum of Modern Art’s Morricone retrospective which opens on December 1.
The show, which has been put together in collaboration with Cinecittà, will celebrate more than 35 films from across the composer’s nearly 60-year career. The national theatrical release will be accompanied by other Morricone retrospectives throughout the country.
Ennio explores the breadth of Morricone’s career, from his early Italian pop songs to the unforgettable film scores that he wrote for films such as The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, The Thing, Days of Heaven to name but a few.
The production gave Morricone, who died in 2020 at the age of 91, a final chance to recount his career and deconstruct the artistic process that led him to win two Academy Awards and author over 500 unforgettable soundtracks.
“Ennio is a moving and memorable documentary profile that will resonate with any cinephile who has a special affection